Video & Podcast
You already know Descript can handle your recording, editing, and publishing. The bottleneck is finding time to actually do the work. Nacho's fractional specialists log into your Descript account, follow your production standards, and deliver finished content without you managing every step. Whether you publish weekly podcast episodes, repurpose video into clips, or need someone to clean up a backlog of raw recordings, this is hands-on execution inside your existing setup.
What we do
Concrete work our fractional specialists take on inside your Descript account. No vague promises.
Our specialists work directly in your Descript project files to remove filler words, silence gaps, and off-topic tangents using the transcript-based editor. We apply your existing correction settings, handle speaker label cleanup, and export final cuts in the format your distribution platform requires. You receive a finished file, not a rough cut.
We create standardized Descript project templates that reflect your brand: consistent intro and outro sequences, pre-set studio sound settings, and scene layouts that match your episode format. When a new recording comes in, your team or ours can open the template and start from a clean, configured baseline rather than rebuilding structure from scratch each time.
Over time, Descript accounts accumulate unfinished projects, duplicate recordings, and outdated media files that slow down navigation. We audit your Drive, apply a consistent folder and naming convention, archive completed projects, and flag anything that needs a decision before deletion. You end up with a workspace where finding any episode takes seconds, not minutes.
We export corrected transcripts from your Descript projects and format them for downstream use, whether that is a blog post, a show notes page, or a caption file for YouTube and social. This includes cleaning up speaker labels, adding timestamps where needed, and matching the transcript format to your content team's publishing workflow.
We identify high-value moments inside your long-form recordings, cut them into short clips using Descript's scene-based editing, and add captions using the built-in caption tool. Clips are exported at the correct aspect ratios for LinkedIn, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts and handed off ready to schedule. No additional editing software required.
We connect your Descript export workflow to the tools downstream: uploading finished audio to Buzzsprout or Spotify for Podcasters, pushing video files to Google Drive or Dropbox for client review, and syncing assets with your content calendar in Notion or Airtable. This removes the manual transfer steps that sit between a finished edit and a published episode.
The handoff
During onboarding, your Nacho Client Success Manager reviews your existing Descript account alongside you, noting how your projects are organized, what your current export and publishing steps look like, and where the biggest time drains are. From that audit, we build a Strategic Delegation Plan that prioritizes which Descript tasks to hand off first and documents the standards your specialist will follow. Your specialist works directly inside your account, not a copy or a sandbox, and documents every recurring workflow so nothing lives only in someone's head. You review and approve the output for each episode or batch before anything is published, keeping you in control of quality without being in the weeds of production.
Use cases
A few of the most common workflows our team has deployed with Descript.
When a new recording lands in your shared Google Drive or Dropbox folder, a specialist opens the corresponding Descript project, runs the transcript edit, applies studio sound, and exports the final MP3 directly to your podcast hosting platform (Buzzsprout, Transistor, or similar). The episode is ready to schedule without you touching the file.
After a recording is approved, we export the corrected Descript transcript, clean up speaker labels and formatting, and create a structured draft in your Notion workspace with timestamps, headers, and a summary paragraph. Your editor or marketing team receives a ready-to-refine document instead of a raw text dump.
We review the full recording for three to five quotable or high-energy moments, cut each into a standalone scene in Descript, add captions, and export at the correct dimensions for each platform. Finished clips are uploaded to the appropriate folder and logged in your Airtable or Notion content calendar with publish dates and copy suggestions.
We use the Descript transcript to write timestamped chapter markers and a structured show notes outline, then format both for your podcast host and your website. This gives listeners navigation inside the episode and gives your site an SEO-optimized page without requiring a separate writing session from your team.
If you have unfinished projects sitting in your Descript Drive, we inventory them, flag which are closest to publish-ready, and work through them in priority order. Each project gets a full edit pass, a corrected transcript, and a status note so you always know what is done, what is in progress, and what needs your input before we can finish.
Talent Budget
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Starting at $1,000/month. One-time $300 onboarding fee includes your Strategic Delegation Plan.
Good questions
Ready when you are
Book a discovery call and we will audit your current Descript setup, identify the highest-value tasks to delegate first, and give you a clear picture of what a specialist can take off your plate starting this month.